Pennant



July 20 ,1926. v 1,593,078

M. J. JACOBS PENNANT Fi p i1 16, 1923 'I'NVENTOR.

Manuel d. dacob:

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Fatented July 20, 19263.

UNlTlilll STATES FATE PENNANT.

Application filed April 16, 1923.

My invention relates to pennants, banners, flags and similar articles and one of the objects of the invention is the provision of a pennant or like article composed of two or more pieces secured together in edge-toedge re ation without lapping. Another object of the invention is the provision of an article of the character described in which letters or other insignia appear in the body of the article without being superposed thereon so that the letter or insignia is visible from either side of the pennant which is of but one thickness thruout.

My invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth in. the following description of my invention. It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the showing made by the said descrip tion, as I may adopt variant forms of my invei'ition within the scope of the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are elevations of pennants made in accordance with my inven tion.

Fig. 3 is a detail on an enlarged scale showing the preferred method of fastening the pieces of the pennants together.

4 is a perspective view of a pile, comprising layers of two colors of material out of which the pennant is to be made. The

figure shows the pile of layers after the first cuts have been taken, which determine the shape of the pennant.

F or the sake of brevity and clearness the word pennant will be used thruout the description and claims to indicate the complete article and will be understood to include banners, flags, inottoes and all other articles of similar character and purpose.

In making pennants it is the custom to use materials of two or more contrasting colors, one to form the field or body of the pennant and the other to form a design or insignia exhibited on the pennant. As ordinarily made, the design is superposed on the unbroken surface of the field or body and attached thereto by sewing. This of course involves a double thickness of material and the design or insignia is visible only from one side of the pennant. When the body of thepennant is made of two or more pieces, as frequently is the case, a seam with double thickness marks the union of the various pieces. This is objectionable both from the view point of appearance and Serial No. 632,190.

because the flexibility of the pennant is not uniform on account of the stiffness at the In accordance with my invention 1 cut thru the field or body of the pennant an aperture of the exact size and shape of the design with which it is desired to ornament the pennant. The design is also accurately cut in the desired material and the piece inserted iiush in he aperture. 1 then secure the abutting edges of design piece and body together preferably by means of a zigzag stitch. There is thus no seam or double thickness and the pennant with its inserted design is in all respects of flexibility and appearance, the same as though made of a single thickness of material. Furthermore. the design is visible from both sides of the pennant although of course in reverse on one side.

My method of forming a pennant also has the additional advantage that when two colors are used, two complete pennants, with the position of colors reversed, may be made from one piece of material of each of the colors of the finished size of the pennant. There is therefore a large saving of material in making pennants by my method.

it is also apparent that the method used lends itself to the combination of contrasting colors where there is no inserted design, such as the manufacture of caps, having segments of contrasting colors, and the making of pennants of two or more sections not inserted one within the other. It may also be used for the insertion of designs composed of one or more contrasting colors in clothing of another color to give the eifect ordinarily obtained by applique work, but using the minimum amount of material and having nowhere more than one thickness of material.

In practicing my invention to produce the pennants illustrated, for example in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings which are formed of blue and gold felt with the letter C displayed thereon, a piece of blue and a piece of gold felt are superposed, one on the other. Two or any other number of pieces may be used but there should be an equal number of each color. Then with suitable means, well known to those engaged in the industry, the complete outline of the pennant is cut thru all of the superposed layers simultaneously, as indicated in Fig. 4. That is to say, the cut is made along the lines 2,

S and 4-, Fig. st. Next the line 6 is cut and finally the outline '7 of the insignia or letter.

The pieces are then separated from the pile in which they lie and reassembled, a blue point 9 being assembled with a wide gold portion ll, in the latter of which is also inserted the blue insignia 12, as shown in Fi l. The gold points 13 are then {ISSEiliol ed with the blue portions 14:, in which the gold insignia is inserted, as shown in Fig. The assembled pieces form an edge-to-edge contact, that is, the edges abut together and the surfaces are flush with nowhere a double thickness of material. Since the pieces are out together a perfect match or lit results. iny suitable mean my be adopted for securing the abutting edges, but I prefer to secure them by means of a double zigzag stitch shown in 3. one stitch 16 being formed of blue thread and lying mainly on the blue material. the worn being done so that the needle carrying the blue thread pierces the very edge of the material of the other color.

In the same manner the second stitch 1T, lying mainly on the gold material, is of that color, and extends over into the blue material just enough to secure a hold therein. The stitch so formed is not only very attractive in appearance when viewed closely, but merges with the background colors so completely that at a distance of a few feet is indistinguishable from the base colors.

Reduced to simple terms, it will be seen that with two pieces of material, each the size of the finished pennant, two complete pennants may be made, each composed of the combination of the desired colors and each having an insignia inserted therein, there being absolutely no waste.

It will be appreciated of course that the superposed layers of material need not be out together but each color may be worked up separately if suitable equipment is at hand to assure accuracy in the cutting. There is, however, an undoubled advantage in cutting the material together since errors compensate themselves when the parts are assembled. and the cost of manufacture is undoubtedly less by this method. It is also, of course, immaterial what form of stitch is used for fastening the design in the field,

provided that the result is neat, and that the edges of the design and field are flatly and sec rely fastened together.

I claim:

l. A pennant comprising a. main body of abric, having an aperture therethru, an insert of six a d shape complementary to said aperture disposed flush therein, and double row of zigzag stitches across the abutting edges of insert and body, one row disposed mainly on the body and close to the eds 'e of the insert and the other row dispo n'iainly on the insert and close to the edge of the body, each of said rows matching in color tne piece on which it mainly lies.

A method of m hing two pennants, one having a body of one color and an insignia of another color and a second pennant hava body of the same color the insignia ie first named pennant and an insignia the same color as the body of the firs named pennant which comprises superposing two pieces of material of the desired colors, severing the superposed pieces in uni- 7 cc with a pattern, assembling severed p1 s to form the two pennants securing the assembled pieces by sewson in accord the Lhe method oi making a pennant havof one color and insignia of ancolor which comprises super-posing pieces of material of the desired colors and severing the superposed layers in accordance with the pattern of the insignia, assembling pieces of one color with con'iplementary pieces of the other color and securing the abutting edges of the assembled pieces by sewing.

A pennant comprising a plurality of pieces of different colored fabrics arranged in flush edge-to-edge relation, and a double zig-zag stitch joining said flush edges, said stitch being formed with threads of colors corresponding to the colors of the joined fabrics. the stitch of each color of thread lvi mainly on the corresponding color of fabric.

ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

MANUEL J. JACOBS. 

